31/12/2013 Spotlight


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on the BBC News Channel. I'm back with the News at Ten. Now it's time

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Good evening. The Chief Scientist at The Met Office has become a Dame, as

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women outnumber men on the New Year Honours list for the first time.

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Julia Slingo was among dozens of other people from the South West

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recognised by the Queen, today, as Jenny Walrond reports.

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It's an innocent looking chapel with a murky history ` Salem Chapel in

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East Budleigh is believed to have played a key role in 18th`century

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smuggling. I thought it was a speeding fine and

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didn't open it for a couple of days. When I opened it, there was a letter

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from the PM's office, advising me that I was being nominated for this

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British Empire medal, which was a great prize. Bob has raised ?180,000

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for the RNLI. But in the 1980s, it fell into

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disrepair. Kathleen Moyle played a key role in its restoration, and for

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that, she receives a British Empire medal.

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It belongs to the nation, really. And that's why we want to save it,

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because it belongs to everybody ` it doesn't belong to East Budleigh.

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Bad weather has been making the news recently ` now, it's the turn of the

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forecasters. The chief scientist at Exodus Met Office has been appointed

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a dame in recognition of her work on weather and climate change.

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In a sense, it's an endorsement of the science that we do, that we have

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strived to improve over many years, so that we can give the sorts of

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weather forecasts that we give now. Others who have been honoured

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include Diana Lewis, who will receive the British Empire award for

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founding the North Devon Animal Ambulance. This.

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And you can find the full Honours list on your BBC news website.

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Is A woman has died after being swept out to sea off the off the

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North Devon coast. She was pulled from the water after

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the two`hour search and rescue operation by both Appledore

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lifeboats, the Chivenor helicopter and Croyde lifeguards. She was taken

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to North Devon District Hospital but attempts to revive her were

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unsuccessful. Her family has been informed.

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New scanners which can detect fake ID cards will be used at the doors

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of Plymouth's bars and clubs this New Year's Eve. The move is a

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further attempt to tackle underage drinking. The technology should also

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help identify troublemakers who are already banned from nightspots.

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Spotlight's John Ayres has more. New Year's Eve is one of the busiest

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nights of the year for the region's bars and clubs. In Plymouth, eight

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premises will be using this system to weed out people who should not be

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in the bars. The machine makes up to 15 different

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checks on every ID. Obviously, the machine will bring more details,

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rather than door staff, or myself, looking at an ID.

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It's the first stage of a project to broaden the use of scanners in

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Plymouth. The system has already been used successfully in Truro and

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Newquay. The good old human eyeball is pretty

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good at spotting differences, but this technology means that fake

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identity that you can buy on the Internet ` which can be hard to

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identify as fake ` can very quickly be scanned through, and it will

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throw it out. The project is costing ?28,000 `

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some of the money helping to fund it has been seized from criminals,

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under the Proceeds of Crime Act. Given the weather of the closing few

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weeks of 2013, it may be hard to believe the last 12 months also

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delivered a heatwave ` with the South West experiencing a

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particularly dry spell compared with the rest of the UK.

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And, so, for our large tourism industry, it's been a year to

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remember. John Danks looks back at the story of the summer.

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The region's tourism industry enjoyed its best season for five

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years. An in Hoteliers and businesses reported an increase in

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the number of European visitors, as well as staycationers. Customers who

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are normally going away on holiday in the summer are staying around, so

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I think we've benefited from that. I think most people feel the same way.

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As temperatures soared into the 80s, The Met office issued heatwave

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warnings for the south`west. Taking a dip was the preferred way of

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cooling down for many people ` even for these horses in Cornwall. It's

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very nice for the horses in summer, because it's very cool and it's

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exercising all their muscles in a very helpful way. Racehorse trainers

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have been using it for years. Zoo animals, too, benefited from a

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soaking ` as did some Spotlight reporters. Irresistible. And the

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weather was good news for farmers. The quality is a lot better this

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year ` there's nice big fruit. It doesn't matter if we don't have the

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rain ` we can irrigate them from underneath, so the fruit is much

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better. There's a lot more people picking, and there is nice weather,

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so people come out for a tan and pick strawberries at the same time.

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So, 2013 produced a sizzling summer. Many are hoping that next year will

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be just as good. And we'll have a very different

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weather forecast in just a moment. All four South West Football League

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teams have a busy New Year's Day, top of the bill the Devon derby

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between Plymouth Argyle and Torquay United at Home Park. Keelan Lavvery

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is staying with the Pilgrims for a further month, on loan from

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Sheffield Wednesday, while the Gulls try to move out of the bottom two

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places. Tom Nichols aims to continue his scoring form for Exeter City at

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home to Wycombe Wanderers, and Championship strugglers, Yeovil

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Town, look for a double over Watford at Huish Park tomorrow night. The

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and if You might want to listen carefully now ` especially if you're

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out celebrating tonight ` as promised, Emily is here with the

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forecast. It about life, we have a few showers

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across the region. Some drier and clearer weather, so you might be

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lucky. Fresh winds, quite breezy, particularly around part of the

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coast. Tomorrow, strong winds on the way. Rain may be heavy. We do have a

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weather warning from The Met office, gusts of 50 to 60 mph. Unsettled

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weather. Tonight, and so showers coming in than the West. This other

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weather system pushing up from the West tonight, arriving in the early

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hours of the morning, ringing with its a very wet and windy weather.

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Tonight, heavy showers, with the risk of hail and thunder. Robin

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nights, perhaps some drier weather at a risk of showers through the

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night. Quite breezy through the night, but mild. Temperature is no

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lower than six degrees. The moral morning, persistent rain. ``

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tomorrow morning. Still quite breezy, quite mild tomorrow, as

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well. Highs of 11 or 12 degrees. An early warning out for Friday, with

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some heavy rain and a risk of flooding.

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And that is it from Spotlight for 2013. We'll see you in 2014. From me

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and Emily and all Good evening. It looks like mother

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nature may provide her own pyrotechnics in the run-up to bid

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night tonight. We have some heavy showers in western parts, starting

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to ease a bit across Scotland and Northern Ireland. But the showers

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further south are heavier, with some flashes of lightning as they move

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eastwards. They do get a bit more hit and miss as we head towards

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midnight, but a greater chance of getting wet in the south as we move

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into 2014. Cardiff and London could see heavy downpours. Further north,

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you could be greeting the New Year on a dry note. A touch of frost in

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northern and eastern areas going into New Year's Day. A few

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